AuthorTreeHouse Blog on Hiatus: Visit the Wordclay Self-Publishing Blog for Updates

Unfortunately, due to labor restrictions and developing Author Solutions, Inc. partnerships, ASI must suspend the AuthorTree Blog until further notice. Thankfully, however, the Wordclay team will continue to contribute to their company blog at http://freeself-publishing.com. All news regarding marketing self-published books, social networks and other publishing news relevant to both self-publishing and traditional authors will [...]

AuthorTreeHouse Blog Suspended Until December 2nd

Greetings all, Please be advised that the AuthorTreeHouse Marketing Blog will suspend posting until after the coming Thanksgiving Holiday, but rest assured, we will resume normal operations effective December 2, 2008. Should you have questions about AuthorTree or suggestions for future blogs, don’t hesitate to pitch your idea within a comment, and our marketing team [...]

November’s Online Book Marketing Resources: AuthorTree Selections for Authors

After searching the Internet for book marketing sites and reviewing the monthly submissions to our Web Resource Competition, the AuthorTreeHouse bloggers have finally made their selections: Book Glutton SmashWords NaNoWriMo Rainbow Authors BNStudios Book Glutton: A better way to read online, Book Glutton’s mission is to offer book that are different, engaging, intelligent and digital. [...]

Submit Your Writing Contest: AuthorTreeHouse Launches Writing Contest Database & Calendar

Let the AuthorTreeHouse marketing staff investigate writing contests for potential benefits, prizes and deadlines. Now, by simply submitting the Contest name and the URL here, our team will do the legwork for you.   Writing scams infecting the Internet have turned writers skeptical of most contests, but with our new contest database and calendar, we [...]

Straight from the Horse’s Mouth: The Importance of Testimonials & Reviews

Justin here, and today we’ll be discussing the importance of placing short testimonials and author reviews on your book. Think about it – if you’re wandering the bookstore and you find two similar novels, which are you more willing to take home? The one with hardly any supplemental text supporting the creative voice and authority [...]

Ten Blogs Authors Should Know: Publishing News & Professional Book Marketing Strategies

Professor Willard Wisely says…   Salutations, book promotion ruffians, and welcome again to AuthorTreeHouse, home of AuthorTree’s marketing masterminds.   As you already know, keeping with the latest publishing announcements and Internet book marketing software can be difficult. In order to relieve some of the burden from your shoulders, our bloggers compiled the below list [...]

The Benefits of Bookcrossing: Release Your Book Into the Wild in 5 Easy Steps

Greetings all, this is Tasheena, posting here at AuthorTreeHouse on how you can share your book with readers all around the world with the help of Bookcrossing.com.   The world’s largest free book club, Bookcrossing aims “to make the world a library” with nearly one million members around the globe releasing books into the public. [...]

Got Any Bright Ideas? AuthorTree Wants Your Web Site Criticism, Feedback & Suggestions

Have no fear, Doubting Thomas is on the case, which means we’ll get to the bottom of the AuthorTree suggestions or redesign, additions and information once and for all. Here’s your opportunity to unleash your constructive criticism of the AuthorTree page, the free author Web sites as well as AuthorTreeHouse. Any Internet suggestion, any marketing [...]

Come’on, Free Author Web Sites and Book Marketing Advice? Seriously?

Have no fear, Doubting Thomas is on the case, which means we’ll get to the bottom of AuthorTreeHouse once and for all.    Sure, you can visit AuthorTree and poke around the site; you can climb to AuthorTreeHouse, scan the “About” sections, read the author spotlight competition submission guidelines on the tree trunk (sidebar), but that [...]

New Marketing Opportunities for Authors & Book Marketers: Online Spotlight & Web Marketing Resources

Professor Willard Wisely Says… Salutations, book marketing ruffians, and welcome to AuthorTreeHouse, my nesting home where I can teach earger authors not unlike you. Today, the other bloggers and I started a two new marketing programs to which both individuals and organizations can submit their information. Information on submitting your promotion blog or your personal [...]

Behind the Leaves of AuthorTreeHouse: Blogger Cast & Crew Bios

One marketing writer with a thing for robots and obscure post-punk named Justin Dimos, plus one Jacqueline of all promotional trades named Tasheena Moore, plus an owl named Professor Willard Wisely who’s been around the publishing block more than once, plus a mischievous woodpecker named Doubting Thomas who is always rubbing his beak skeptically whenever [...]

Introducing AuthorTreeHouse: The Book Marketing Blog Sponsored by AuthorTree

The History of AuthorTreeHouse An elite fighting squad of publishing marketers and chatty birds have finally set aside their differences and joined forces to form an unstoppable hurricane force of author and book promotion, the likes of which has never been seen before. Stationed in Bloomington, Indiana, we’ve made headquarters in a tree house, one [...]